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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMEKICA'S FUTURE 



Table 23. 



-Commercial forest land area iv. -private ownership in the United States and Coastal Alaska, hy size class, section 



and region, and type of ownership, 1953 ' 



NORTH 



Section, region, and type of ownership 



Kii classes 



Under 100 

 acres ^ 



100 to 500 

 acres 



500 to 

 5,000 acres 



5,000 to 

 50,000 acres 



50,000 acres 

 and larger 



New England: 



Farm _. . _ _ _ _ . 



Thousand 

 acres 

 6.138 

 1,002 

 6,840 

 336 

 14, 601 



Thousand 

 acres 

 2,528 

 61 



Thousand 

 acres 

 3,157 

 198 



Thousand 

 acres 

 406 

 371 



Thousand 



acres 



47 



372 



616 



35 



1,183 



Thousand 

 acres 



Lumber manufacturer 







6,224 

 301 



Other wood manufacturer -. .. 











5,311 



4,140 



804 



3,163 





Total __ 



28,917 



7,900 



7,495 



1,581 



2,253 



9,688 







Middle Atlantic: 



11,800 

 977 

 889 

 203 



22, 842 



7,685 

 56 



3,636 

 228 



479 

 284 









274 



91 



128 



2,854 



135 



Pulp manufacturer 



798 





3 



10, 861 







72 



Other private 



5,503 



2,439 



1 185 







Total _ 



36.711 



18,605 



9.367 



3,202 



3,347 



2,190 





Lake States: 



15, 184 



1.435 



1,495 



109 



13,610 



9,859 

 36 



4,961 

 49 



364 

 79 







Lumber manufacturer 



396 



230 



13 



1,000 



875 



Pulp manufacturer 



Other wood manufacturer 



1,265 



5,"878" 



13 

 3,907 



23 

 1,211 



60 



Other private _ . _. _ . 



1,614 







Total . .. _ ___ _ _ ___ _ ___ 



31. 833 



15, 773 



8,930 



1.677 



1,639 



3,814 







Central: s 



24, 697 

 541 

 276 



13, 690 



16, 046 



55 



1 



6,824 



7,465 



65 



1 



3.862 



1,150 

 347 



1,984 



36 

 74 

 23 



871 









Other wood manufacturer __ 



Other private -. 



251 

 149 







Total -. 



39, 204 



22, 926 



11.393 



3,481 



1,004 



400 







Plains: 3 



3,575 

 1,375 



2,929 

 1,205 



317 

 106 



229 

 44 



100 

 20 





Other private __ __ 









Total - 



4,950 



4,134 



423 



273 



120 









Total, North: 



61, 394 



3,955 



9,224 



924 



66, 118 



39, 047 

 208 



19. 536 

 540 



2,628 

 1,081 



183 



1.116 



929 



199 



5,852 







1,010 

 8,295 



Other w^ood manufacturer __ . 



4 

 30, 079 



14 

 17, 518 



23 

 6,482 



684 





6, 187 







Total 



141,615 



69,338 



37,608 



10, 214 



8,279 



16, 176 







SOUTH 



South Atlantic: 



29, 968 



2,620 



2,603 



391 



6,554 



13, 388 

 109 



12, 489 

 583 



3,570 

 196 



521 

 1,142 

 98 

 278 

 944 





Lumber manufacturer _ . . 



590 





2,505 



Other wood manufacturer , 





30 

 1,699 



83 





1,653 



1,810 



448 







Total. 



42, 136 



15, 150 



14, 882 



5,495 



2,983 



3,626 







Southeast: 



Farm _ 



45, 957 

 6,587 

 6,963 

 1,893 



25. 796 



16. 698 

 96 



16, 851 

 256 



9.911 

 580 



2.497 

 3.205 

 94 

 1,301 

 4,804 





Lumber manufacturer _ __ 



2.450 



Pulp manufacturer __ . 



6,869 



Other wood manufacturer 





43 

 7,595 



46 

 5,605 



503 



Other private 



4.300 



3,492 







Total 



87, 196 



21, 094 



24,745 



16, 142 



11,901 



13, 314 







West Gulf: 



Farm _._ 



14, 218 



9,310 



2,622 



534 



20, 593 



6,751 

 30 



5,920 

 327 



1,384 



215 

 141 



4,051' 



163 

 2,042 





Lumber manufacturer 



6,696 



Pulp manufacturer __ 



2,481 



Other wood manufacturer. 



19 

 5,271 



56 

 6,519 



311 



2,775 



148 



Other private __ 



1,977 







Total _ . 



47, 277 



12, 071 



12, 822 



5,791 



5.291 



11, 302 





Total, South: 

 Farm 



90, 143 

 18,517 

 12,188 

 2,818 

 52, 943 



36,837 

 235 



35, 260 

 1,166 



14,865 

 991 

 141 

 76 



11,355 



3,181 

 6,389 

 157 

 1,890 

 8,523 





Lumber manufacturer 



9,736 



Pulp manufacturer — 



11,890 



Other wood manufacturer.. 



19 

 11,224 



99 

 15,924 



734 



Other private 



5,917 





Total 



176,609 



48.315 



52.449 



27.428 



20, 140 



28,277 



See footnotes at end of table. 



